Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | When he came in for the night some hours later he was still agitated and fretting . |
| 32 | The problems do n't end there ; Kingsley Black had one of his best games for Northern Ireland in Tirana , when he came in for the injured Michael Hughes . |
| 33 | I fully agree with my noble and learned friend 's observation that the dictum in Morris has led to confusion and complication where those in de facto control have been charged with theft from a company and I , too , consider , on the basis ( which he assumes only for the sake of argument ) that the Morris dictum is correct , that it would be wrong , when a person who by virtue of his position in the company constitutes ‘ the directing mind and will of the company ’ is accused of stealing from the company , to acquit that person on the ground that , in his capacity as the company , he has consented to the taking ( by himself ) of the company 's property , with the result that no appropriation , and therefore no theft , has occurred . |
| 34 | He turned up for the audition with his art teacher , Rose , who he was dating at the time . |
| 35 | He was also afraid that when he turned up for the next practice , Amber and Jeopardy 's argument would be resolved , and he would no longer be required . |
| 36 | HOW sickening that President Bush has to fend off allegations of a long-ago affair as he gears up for the US election . |
| 37 | The charter provides evidence of a surprisingly well-worked-out system to ensure castle-guard of the town : in April , May , June , July and August , it was the count 's responsibility , though he paid only for the first two months directly out of his own treasury ; , the inhabitants of the town produced a tax for the following three . |
| 38 | He stays there for the hour or so that is necessary for all the tadpoles to emerge and then returns to his hole . |
| 39 | He pressed particularly for the granting of full British right of abode to Hong Kong 's civil servants , a category which , on the broadest interpretation , might embrace 180,000 public-sector employees . |
| 40 | Anyone who drinks 2½ pints of beer or ½ bottle of wine and then drives a car is almost certainly breaking the law unless he waits patiently for the liver to reduce blood alcohol levels . |
| 41 | Last week he walked upstairs for the first time in three years and just burst into tears . |
| 42 | Before he stepped up for the most nerve-shattering moment of his career Guennady Grishin had kept his nerve to fire the Russians into a 4-3 advantage . |
| 43 | He worked successively for the BBC World Service and for the news agencies Associated Press and Reuters . |
| 44 | Although a private man and somewhat of a loner , he worked tirelessly for the department both in a teaching and administrative capacity . |
| 45 | With the chairman , David Lindsay , Earl of Crawford and Balcarres [ q.v. ] , he worked tirelessly for the library at a critical period in its history . |
| 46 | Abandoning all cares and concerns , he dashed headlong for the surface , dodging rocks that were jarred from the ceiling . |
| 47 | Pilots were to be Russ Boardman and Lee Gehlbach , but Boardman was injured prior to the race and Doolittle found he had no mount ( his landing gear had jammed ) , so he took over for the Thompson . |
| 48 | He reached again for the telephone , this time excitement replacing his fear . |
| 49 | He reached over for the glass and swallowed down the rest of its contents , eyeing her malevolently . |
| 50 | He reached up for the light switch . |
| 51 | He reached up for the handle , grasped it , tried to turn it once , failed , tried again and this time dropped face down over the threshold as the door swung open . |
| 52 | As he reached out for the cheese , he heard a faint sound behind him … |
| 53 | He reached out for the book , but before Melissa could give it to him , Gebrec snatched it from her . |
| 54 | As he spoke , he reached out for the hand that was nearest to him , uncurling her fingers from the tense fist they had formed without any difficulty as the contact had its inevitable effect on her . |
| 55 | But England fullback Jon Webb does n't mind eating turf as he skids over for the first of his two tries as part of a record-equalling 22-point haul . |
| 56 | I wan na get him another towelling dressing gown because the blue one he had on the caravan he brought home for the winter bring them home and wash them . |
| 57 | Apart from saying he had given up singing and trumpet-playing , he invented things , such as that his school had suggested he go in for the Young Musician of the Year contest . |
| 58 | ‘ He bends over for the SS , ’ said the mummy 's cap-wearing friend , making an obscene fist , ‘ you can tell . |
| 59 | He went up for the job , grinding his teeth , and got it . |
| 60 | More than 20 years since he started flying , he went solo for the first time . |